PMID- 37546644 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230808 IS - 2470-1343 (Electronic) IS - 2470-1343 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 30 DP - 2023 Aug 1 TI - Lignin-Based Polyurethanes from the Blocked Isocyanate Approach: Synthesis and Characterization. PG - 27621-27633 LID - 10.1021/acsomega.3c03422 [doi] AB - Lignin, the world's second most abundant biopolymer, has been investigated as a precursor of polyurethanes due to its high availability and large amount of hydroxyls present in its structure. Lignin-based polyurethanes (LPUs) are usually synthesized from the reaction between lignin, previously modified or not, and diisocyanates. In the present work, LPUs were prepared, for the first time, using the blocked isocyanate approach. For that, unmodified and hydroxypropylated Kraft lignins were reacted with 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate in the presence of diisopropylamine (blocking agent). Castor oil was employed as a second polyol. The chemical modification was confirmed by (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance ((31)P NMR) analysis, and the structure of both lignins was elucidated by a bidimensional NMR technique. The LPUs' prepolymerization kinetics was investigated by temperature-modulated optical refractometry and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The positive effect of hydroxypropylation on the reactivity of the Kraft lignin was verified. The structure of LPU prepolymers was accessed by bidimensional NMR. The formation of hindered urea-terminated LPU prepolymers was confirmed. From the results, the feasibility of the blocked isocyanate approach to obtain LPUs was proven. Lastly, single-lap shear tests were performed and revealed the potential of LPU prepolymers as monocomponent adhesives. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. FAU - Antonino, Leonardo D AU - Antonino LD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6270-7074 AD - Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo Andre 09210-580, Brazil. FAU - Sumerskii, Ivan AU - Sumerskii I AD - Department of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria. FAU - Potthast, Antje AU - Potthast A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1981-2271 AD - Department of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria. FAU - Rosenau, Thomas AU - Rosenau T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6636-9260 AD - Department of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria. FAU - Felisberti, Maria Isabel AU - Felisberti MI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8311-9864 AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6154, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil. FAU - Dos Santos, Demetrio J AU - Dos Santos DJ AD - Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo Andre 09210-580, Brazil. AD - Center of Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo Andre 09210-580, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230718 PL - United States TA - ACS Omega JT - ACS omega JID - 101691658 PMC - PMC10398858 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2023/08/07 06:41 MHDA- 2023/08/07 06:42 PMCR- 2023/07/18 CRDT- 2023/08/07 04:40 PHST- 2023/05/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/07 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/07 06:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/07 04:40 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsomega.3c03422 [doi] PST - epublish SO - ACS Omega. 2023 Jul 18;8(30):27621-27633. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03422. eCollection 2023 Aug 1.